Mortality burden attributed to anthropogenic warming during Europe’s 2022 record-breaking summer
Thessa M Beck, Dominik L. Schumacher, Hicham Achebak, Ana M. Vicedo‐Cabrera, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Joan Ballester
Abstract
The record-breaking temperatures in Europe during the 2022 summer were associated with over 60,000 heat-related deaths. By combining epidemiological models with detection and attribution techniques, we attribute half of this mortality burden (~56% [95% CI 39–77%]) to anthropogenic warming. Likewise, this applies to all sexes, ages, and heat-related mortality burdens during previous years (2015–2021). Our results urgently call for increasing ambition in adaptation and mitigation.
Topics & Concepts
Environmental scienceClimate changeGlobal warmingClimatologyEnvironmental protectionOceanographyGeologyClimate Change and Health ImpactsThermoregulation and physiological responsesAir Quality and Health Impacts